Passing from windows 7 beta to windows 7 RC and now Windows 7 N I could no more start apache.The solution anywhere from the net was this, but it works only for xamp 1.7.1.,not for 1.7.2. o r 1.7.3 is on the end of this message.

I there anywhere someone how could say why we cannot easily expect a xampp distribution for windows 7 and / or what kind of issues are probably individual issues and what is the general issue on windows 7.

I wonder why I can read here on this forum from a member that his installation xampp 1.7.3 is workin gfine under windows 7 ?

Solution only for 1.7.1. xampp to start without problem apache was:

You have to disable the http.sys service manually via the registry:1) Launch RegEdit:2) Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\HTTP3) Add a new DWORD (32-bit) value4) Name it ‘NoRun’ not including the quotes5) Double click the new property6) In the Value data field type ‘1′ not including quotes and click OK7) Re-boot your computerYou should now find that Apache will start on port 80!